Washington: Regular use of pain killers like aspirin, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) ups risk of hearing loss in men below 60.
Hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in the US, afflicting over 36 million people. Not only is hearing loss highly prevalent among the elderly, but approximately a third of those aged [...]
Berlin: Overindulging in “energy shot” drinks can have consequences, warn consumer safety organisations. The shots are more concentrated per litre than standard energy drinks, warns the consumer centre of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.
That increases the risks of consuming large portions of caffeine in a short time, which can damage the heart and circulatory system.
Combining large quantities [...]
San Diego (California):Researchers at 17 US medical centres plan to start using a hormone to treat serious brain injuries on a trial basis, according to a presentation Friday at an annual US gathering of scientists.
Initial studies have showed that progesterone, a steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle and pregnancy, can cut the death [...]
Washington: Botulinum shots used for cosmetics are also likely to reduce the frequency of migraine headaches described as crushing, vicelike or eye-popping.
Migraine headaches affect approximately 28 million Americans, known to cause pain that is often debilitating. Researchers conducting clinical trials on botulinum toxin type A to treat facial lines recognised a correlation between the shots [...]
Washington: Stuttering may be the result of a glitch in the daily process by which cellular components in key regions of the brain are broken down and recycled, says a new study, which associates a gene mutation with the disorder.
The study, led by researchers from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), [...]
London:It is one food colouring that you won’t mind giving to the family. Research has shown that saffron, which gives chicken korma and paella their yellow colour, helps keep vision sharp.
Test findings suggest the spice reverses age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, the most common cause of blindness in old people, the Daily mail reported on [...]
Washington: Those who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood are at a risk of early death, research shows.
Emory University (EU) anthropologist George Armelagos says: “Prehistoric remains are providing strong, physical evidence that people who acquired tooth enamel defects while in the womb or early childhood tended to die earlier.
“During prehistory, [...]
Washington: Increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the US may be contributing to a delayed onset of puberty in boys, research says.
University of Michigan (U-M) researchers show that a higher body mass index (BMI) or height to weight ratio, during early and mid-childhood for boys is associated with delayed onset of puberty.
This is [...]
Sydney: Sleep deprived new mothers are at considerable risk of crashing when they get behind the wheel, says a new study
Kerry Armstrong and Simon Smith, from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), studied mothers aged 22 to 39 years to examine the impact fatigue has on new mums’ everyday life functioning.
Armstrong said contrary to previous research [...]
Santiago: Chilean teenagers are becoming obese due to increasing fast food consumption while those from Mexico, Venezuela and Guatemala are not far behind.
Chile, where 44.7 percent of people over 15 were overweight in 2009, was the worst in Latin America and second in the world, said Euromonitor, which released a study on the subject Thursday.
Mexico, [...]